From December 29-31, 2023, the Zupny Castle is closed
location MINE
DATE 25 October - 31 December 2018
Unusual post-industrial monuments, the salt mine and Saltworks Castle in Wieliczka and the salt mine in Bochnia have become an inspiration for participants of the jubilee 20th Open-air painting workshop for disabled people.
The case of other important annual applications with previously equipped facilities - the 40th anniversary of entering the salt mine in Wieliczka on the UNESCO list and the 5th anniversary of supplementing this entry with the salt mine in Bochnia and the Saltworks Castle in Wieliczka.

Works created during the outdoor works are presented in exhibition "Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia." Painting in the mine is a challenge for people with disabilities. Difficulties compensate for the uniqueness of places, their unusual atmosphere and the fact that artists look with their hearts at painted objects.

What can you see in the resulting paintings? Characteristic faster towers - vertical "highways" deep into the earth connecting with underground chambers and pavements, machines and carts for transport, tools and interiors with gray salty walls. In connection with the accidental jubilee of plein-airs, next to this year's works, the exhibition Log in also selected images from previous painting meetings, in total there are about 150 of them.


Organizers:
Cracow Saltworks Museum Wieliczka and the Disabled People Art Foundation in Krakow.

Media patronage:
Nasze sprawy
TVP Krakow
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